One day later, inland Mexico, southern region.
In a deserted primitive dense forest, Fei Pingsheng led his troops, under the cover of night, covered in mud, and marched quickly.
Since they have to carry out an interspersed tactical deployment, they must be fast and rely on their legs to achieve the efficiency of a car's detour.
Before coming, Fei Pingsheng had already imagined the difficulty of this mission, but the situation on the scene was far worse than he had imagined.
Su Tianyu named this mission the Ghost Gate Plan, and it was absolutely correct.
The primitive dense forest before us showed no signs of development. Trees, vines, and weeds grew extremely lushly, covering the entire road.
Moreover, there are bottomless swamps on the road, which are blocked by trees and grass, making it impossible to see clearly. Every step must be checked.
Especially after entering here, they had to march at night to avoid enemy aerial reconnaissance. And the visibility at night was very poor, which led to heavy casualties during their march.
Soldiers often fell into the quagmire without any warning, and had no time to react. They were already dead and there was no time to pull them out.
In addition, various wild animals in the forest and a large number of mosquitoes that are unique to South America continued to harass the troops, making everyone miserable.
It's not just the geographical environment that is harsh, but also the natural environment.
Because of the huge temperature difference between morning and evening in the Laomo area, the woods are extremely humid, especially in the early morning and late evening, when the woods are covered with dew.
All the soldiers were wearing thick uniforms and would be soaked by the dew in just a few hours.
During the hibernation period, people cannot move, and their clothes are soaked, causing a large loss of body temperature. The feeling is extremely painful, as if millions of ants are crawling over their bodies.
In addition, this is a mountainous area and a plateau, where the oxygen is thin and breathing is extremely difficult.
The entire army was in an extremely depressed state and in a desperate situation fighting against survival.
Due to various factors, many soldiers have developed high fever.
Although the troops brought antibiotics, antipyretics, and painkillers when they arrived, in such an environment, even if they took the medicine, they could not get a good rest, and they had to continue to face this environment, so the condition did not improve at all, but only got worse.
The entire army, burdened with such difficult circumstances, continued to march for a day and a half.
…
On the morning three days after the troops entered the dense forest, Fei Pingsheng ordered the troops to rest on the spot.
A large number of soldiers found relatively solid ground on their own, crowded together, and lay on the ground to rest. Even in such a deep forest, they were still very cautious, and all covered themselves with anti-heat detection cloth to avoid enemy aerial reconnaissance.
After Xing Yao covered himself with the anti-heat detection cloth, he sat on the muddy ground and took off his thick military boots.
His military boots were soaked with water, and his socks were completely soaked, his feet had turned white and even started to fester.
Because of being soaked in water for a long time and constantly marching and walking, the soles of their feet have been rubbed bright red.
Xing Yao put his boots under the sun to dry, and at the same time took out a towel, enduring the severe pain, and wiped his feet over and over again.
Just then, a shout suddenly came from the side.
"Fuck you, I came here first, what do you want to do?"
"We, the people of the Third Company, have always had better results than you. My three brothers all have high fevers, almost 40 degrees! Get the hell out of here, let the wounded go first!"
Xing Yao quickly turned his head and looked in the direction where the shouting came from.
I saw several soldiers pushing each other at the entrance of a cave facing the sunlight, and they were about to fight.
Ignoring the pain, Xing Yao immediately put on his wet military boots, covered himself with anti-heat detection cloth, and rushed over quickly. He kicked the soldier who was making the most noise.
The soldier was kicked and fell to the ground with a thud.
Xing Yao pointed at them and angrily yelled, "What the hell are you doing? Are you rebelling? Get into the cave and don't stand outside! Hurry up!"
When everyone saw Xing Yao coming, they didn't dare to say a word. They carried their wounded soldiers and walked into the cave obediently.
“Squeak!”
A dozen huge rats were running around in the cave, not afraid of people at all. Many unknown insects were crawling in the cracks of the cave.
Xing Yao followed him in, pointed at the wet rock wall, and continued to ask: "Look inside the cave, it's even more humid, there are rats and bugs everywhere, is it much better than outside? Damn, are you fighting over such a small thing? If there is a reconnaissance plane in the sky, you will sweep it all away! There are thousands of people playing with you? Control your emotions!"
One of the soldiers who was carrying the wounded had red eyes and was almost crying: "Brigade Commander, my brother has had a fever for two days and is almost unconscious. I carried him all the way and he can't stand it anymore."
Xing Yao looked at the unconscious wounded soldiers, gritted his teeth and said, "Call my medical soldiers over and give them my medicine. The rest of you, find a dry place to lie down."
The soldiers nodded.
Xing Yao looked at the dusty people, paused for a moment and said, "Don't let me see you quarreling again, do you hear me? Everyone is in the same situation, including me! Everyone is gritting their teeth and holding on. Your military achievements are not for bullying your own people at this time."
"yes!"
After saying that, Xing Yao limped out of the cave and returned to the area where he was hiding.
I had just come back and was struggling to take off my boots.
Next to him, Old Qian, who was also covered with anti-heat detection cloth, was lying on the ground. He looked at him worriedly and whispered, "Xiao Xing, we can't keep going like this! One-third of our soldiers have a high fever. They can't stand it with their bodies alone. Why don't you go talk to General Staff Fei and discuss it with him to see if there is any way to solve it?"
"Hiss..."
A piece of rotten flesh fell off his foot. Xing Yao grimaced and endured the pain and said, "He has a fever himself. What do you think can be done? In this environment, there is no village in front and no shop behind. There is no support. It is useless to ask anyone. We can only hold on with our lives and grit our teeth to get through it!"
Old Qian was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Okay, then I'll go around and do the work of the soldiers."
"Go ahead."
"Don't be so stubborn, apply some medicine..."
Lao Qian gave some instructions, put on the anti-heat detection cloth, and left the place with his back bent.
…
During the three days when Fei Pingsheng was away, Su Tianyu organized several tentative attacks according to his previous fighting style. The scale was much smaller than before, but the heat of the war was always maintained.
At the same time, he also secretly adjusted the positions of the troops several times, constantly changing the positions of the Western Expedition Corps, the Old Mo official army, the Renmin Army, and the Black Water Legion.
At this moment, on the frontline battlefield, Su Tianyu was observing the battlefield in the distance. After a while, he suddenly put down the telescope, turned his head and asked, "Where is Xin Xiaodong? Has he notified them?"
Dai Quan, wearing a military uniform, stood nearby and said immediately, "I've notified them. Tan Mingchao will be separated from him soon."
"Okay..." Su Tianyu nodded slowly: "It's been three days, I don't know what the situation is like over there..."
…
In an underground warehouse in Longcheng.
Tan Mingchao's face was pale. He put on his coat, stood up slowly, and said to Xin Xiaodong, "Since the order has come down, all good things must come to an end. We will withdraw."
Xin Xiaodong also stood up, pointed at him and said, "Before the supplies arrived, you ate up all my stock... Remember, you owe me a drink!"
Tan Mingchao smiled and said, "When the gunfire stops, I'll drink you to death!"
Xin Xiaodong also laughed, then his expression straightened and he saluted Tan Mingchao.
Tan Mingchao also returned the salute, turned around and left with his men.
…
Lao Mo area, Red Hat Army command base.
A group of staff officers stood in the combat command room, all looking silent.
After a long time, the Chief of Staff looked at Bahiajo and said to him, "Mr. Chief, this is indeed very unusual. The intensity of their attack has slowed down a lot compared to before. Moreover, the enemy troops are constantly changing positions. I really don't understand what they are thinking."
Bahiacho stood at the window with his hands behind his back, also lost in thought.
In the past two days, according to the feedback from the frontline battlefield, the attack intensity of the Lao Mo coalition was not as strong as before. What puzzled him was that when Longcheng was in danger, why did the Lao Mo coalition and his opponent Su Tianyu suddenly reduce their offensive sharpness
He didn't know much about Su Tianyu because his previous opponents were Santos and Zhao Weihu.
With such a young commander suddenly replacing him, he was somewhat unable to guess the opponent's strategic intentions.
Thinking of this, Bahiajo turned around and said slowly: "No matter what their intentions are, the Mexicans will definitely be the central battlefield. If they want to win this war, they must fight from the town of Hualei. So, we just have to wait quietly."
The staff members nodded.
Bahiacho paused for a moment, and then instructed his chief of staff: "Notify the Navy and Air Force headquarters of Region 1 and ask them to increase detection of the surrounding uninhabited areas. You must personally monitor this matter, it is very important!"
The Chief of General Staff immediately replied: “Yes, I understand!”
Bahiajo looked out the window again, lost in thought. He also couldn't understand why a young man with no experience in commanding a large-scale war would serve as the supreme commander of the Old Mexican coalition.
…
At the same time, after Generals Xin Xiaodong and Tan Mingchao separated, they began to implement Su Tianyu's final battle plan, brewing a vengeful counterattack.
Two days later.
Yu Mingyuan sneaked into a city in District 1 and walked into a small coffee shop. He turned his head and looked around, and saw a man sitting by the window, wearing a hat, a mask, and a windbreaker.